Board / Committee / Commission Application
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full Name:* Email Address:* Gender:
James Dustin Durham Male
Please specify the Board, Commission or Committee you are applying for:* Economic Development Advisory Committee
I am currently a member of the above Committee, and am seeking reappointment.* • Yes • No
If you are seeking re-appointment, has any of your information changed within the last 12 months? If your answer is yes, please complete the rest of this form. If your information has not changed within the past 12 months, please only enter your name and email information above. You do not need to complete the remainder of this form.
• Yes No
RESIDENCY / EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
Home Address: City: State: Zip Code:
Home/Cell Phone Number: How long have you lived in Emeryville? Place of Employment: Occupation:
Oxford Properties Marketing and Leasing Specialist
Business Address: City: State: Zip Code:
Business Phone Number: How long have you worked in Emeryville? 2 years
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EDUCATION / EXTRACURRICULAR INTERESTS
High School:
South Fulton HS, Tennessee
College:
Sullivan University, Louisville, KY
Trade or Business School(s):
Other Interests:
Homeless alleviation, environmental sustainability, food & beverage
ADVISORY BODY EXPERIENCE / INFORMATION
Are you currently serving on other Boards, Commissions or Committees? O Yes • No
Have you served on a Board, Commission or Committee before? O Yes • No
Please list all past and current City of Emeryville advisory boards. n/a
Please list any past and current board, commission or committee memberships outside of Emeryville.
Leadership Council, Compass Family Services
Board of Directors, North Beach Citizens
Marketing Chair, Fisherman';s Wharf Community Benefit District Marketing Chair, Pier 39 Merchants Advisory Committee
Walk to End Alzheimer';s Manager, Alzheimer';s Association Please list all organization memberships and positions held.
Leadership Council, Compass Family Services
of Directors, North Beach Citizens
Marketing Chair, Fisherman';s Wharf Community Benefit District Marketing Chair, Pier 39 Merchants Advisory Committee
Walk to End Alzheimer';s Manager, Alzheimer';s Association Please list any relevant work and volunteer experience.
Marketing Chair, Fishermans Wharf Community Benefit District Marketing Chair, Pier 39 Merchants Advisory
walk to End Alzheimer';s Manager, Alzheimer';s Association Marketing Manager, Oxford Properties
and Events Manager, Chalet Restaurant Group
Director of sales and Marketing, Block Party Productions Director of Sales and Marketing, Boudin Enterprises
Why are you interested in serving on this Board, Commission or Committee? My experience and passion for growing businesses through providing a clean, safe and accessible environment at destination locations like Pier 39 and Fishermans Wharf could be a great asset to the City of Emeryville. The City has grown exponentially recently, and I understand how services need to scale in order to handle the influx of new people. My experience with homeless alleviation would also be an asset to the City.
PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICANTS ONLY
Please provide a short (300 words or less) statement discussing your ideas and attitudes about planning in Emeryville. Please consider issues such as traffic, industrial and commercial development density, affordable housing, maintaining community diversity and jobs/housing balance.
The City of Emeryville is currently building faster than it is being occupied, and I would like to make the City a more attractive place for business and people to find a home. As these offices, labs and apartments get filled, the city will need to increase the services offered, as well as number of affordable housing units being built. Emeryville should not cost the same as San Francisco in housing, and we should make Emeryville more attractive to businesses to move here. By keeping the streets helping the houseless, making housing affordable and keeping Emeryville an attractive place for businesses to move to, we can increase revenue into the City, and therefore, the funding for ongoing services needed to continue to grow Emeryville.
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